Its Its Alive
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Car: 89 iroc-z 5.7tpi 350,
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Its Its Alive
well almost got a few things to tidy up,
well i was mis informed about the head studs i was told not to use any sealer or locker, well im payin for it some coolant is seeping through the threads on some of them,
the headers i painted , the paint is burning right off...that sucks oh well, and my heater core is leaking hella bad.
but *** does the motor sound mean now i got to fire her up and break the cam in and rev her up man i cant stop thinking of hearing the motor run its so obnoxiously loud you cant hear when holding at 2 grand and i love it im going to just get a cat hollo it out, and run straight pipe, hehe,

im gonna take the headers off and take all the high temp paint which doesnt stay on, than im gonna pull a few of those head bolt which ever ones leaked one at a time than re torque it put some sealer in there despite what i was told. she will make it to the track wed now
well i was mis informed about the head studs i was told not to use any sealer or locker, well im payin for it some coolant is seeping through the threads on some of them,
the headers i painted , the paint is burning right off...that sucks oh well, and my heater core is leaking hella bad.
but *** does the motor sound mean now i got to fire her up and break the cam in and rev her up man i cant stop thinking of hearing the motor run its so obnoxiously loud you cant hear when holding at 2 grand and i love it im going to just get a cat hollo it out, and run straight pipe, hehe,

im gonna take the headers off and take all the high temp paint which doesnt stay on, than im gonna pull a few of those head bolt which ever ones leaked one at a time than re torque it put some sealer in there despite what i was told. she will make it to the track wed now
Last edited by porkyzilla; Sep 4, 2005 at 06:29 AM.
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Originally posted by porkyzilla
sweet thanks for the pics
lets see one with the paint burning off the headers
sweet thanks for the pics
lets see one with the paint burning off the headers
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Originally posted by vindeezl
Big words from someone who's engine is making "expensive noises"
Big words from someone who's engine is making "expensive noises"
from what ive seen with the oil pain droped as far as it is now, nothing has come apart yet, so far it looks like the oil pump
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Originally posted by Firebreed
from what ive seen with the oil pain droped as far as it is now, nothing has come apart yet, so far it looks like the oil pump
bout 73 bucks of cash
from what ive seen with the oil pain droped as far as it is now, nothing has come apart yet, so far it looks like the oil pump
knock knock knock
thats what i hear commin from your motor have fun wasting your money
and as far as it blowing up dont be jealous tony some day youll be fast hahaha.
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Originally posted by porkyzilla
knock knock knock
thats what i hear commin from your motor have fun wasting your money
and as far as it blowing up dont be jealous tony some day youll be fast hahaha.
knock knock knock
thats what i hear commin from your motor have fun wasting your money
and as far as it blowing up dont be jealous tony some day youll be fast hahaha.

I sure will
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Sweet Eric, nice pics. Did you finish resealing those leaks yet, when is she going to start up again?
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Way to go Eric!
I bet you were crapin your pants with all that smoke.
My valve covers didn't fit properly at my first start up and the leaking oil caught fire. I was so worried I had wasted my fresh motor but I got the fire out before it caused any damage.
I bet you were crapin your pants with all that smoke.
My valve covers didn't fit properly at my first start up and the leaking oil caught fire. I was so worried I had wasted my fresh motor but I got the fire out before it caused any damage.
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holy sh*t it i think i blew my ear drums out
fawkkk it sounds good 2 more problems left a leak out of the CRAPPY crome timing cover that doesnt fit right im throwin it in the garbage....
and a very small intake leak where i used an osh bolt
but the leak is so small it dosent cause any driveability issues.
fawkkk it sounds good 2 more problems left a leak out of the CRAPPY crome timing cover that doesnt fit right im throwin it in the garbage....and a very small intake leak where i used an osh bolt
but the leak is so small it dosent cause any driveability issues.
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exhaust exhaust exhaust my hears are riniging its cool to drive around on open y pipe but after 1hr its highly annoying.
and tuning tuning and tuning i cant stress how much tuning my car needs, it was extremly slow to begin but i took down fuel pressure and that gave me like what felt like 40 hp, didnt get to mess with timing i had it at 8btdc since my vss isnt working yet. hopefully by the end of the month ill have the other issues i rushed on fixed, like have my spark plug wires in a loom
and better valve cover bolts/retainers,
i think i need to re do that intake manifold i dont like the way it came out... since super ram is such a piece of sh*t i am pulling 10inhg of vaccum to 7inhg it fluctuates between but has no driveability issues, and tried carb spray, i just dont like how it came out
all in all she runs and drives again and its never felt better
and tuning tuning and tuning i cant stress how much tuning my car needs, it was extremly slow to begin but i took down fuel pressure and that gave me like what felt like 40 hp, didnt get to mess with timing i had it at 8btdc since my vss isnt working yet. hopefully by the end of the month ill have the other issues i rushed on fixed, like have my spark plug wires in a loom
and better valve cover bolts/retainers,
i think i need to re do that intake manifold i dont like the way it came out... since super ram is such a piece of sh*t i am pulling 10inhg of vaccum to 7inhg it fluctuates between but has no driveability issues, and tried carb spray, i just dont like how it came out
all in all she runs and drives again and its never felt better
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Right on Eric, glad to hear things are looking better. Can't wait to see and hear it again. Are you going to take it to the track, or wait until you fix some more things and tune the car?
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